The freefall of Bitcoin and Ethereum has negatively affected my short put option positions. $BTC, Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF Got assigned 100 shares at $47 per share ($4700) from my cash-secured put $BTC closed today at only $39.57 $ETH, Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF Today I bought to close 2 Nov $36 Puts @ […]
Tag: fixed income
Today’s Trades: $WPC, $CWYUF, US T Bills, $BLOX, $FCT, $GNT, $SGOV, $RSPA
Sold two long time REIT holdings: $WPC, W.P. Carey Sold 721.006 shares @ $67.27 ($48,501.67) $CWYUF, SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust Sold 1300 shares @ $18.74 ($24,366.55) Redeplyed these funds as follows: 3 month T Bill $10,000, yield 3.84% 1 year T Bill $25,000, yield 3.70% 2 year T Bill $25,000, yield 3.55% $RSPA, Invesco […]
Today’s Income Investments: $BITO, $SGOV
Had a 3 mo. T-Bill for $40,000 mature today. Used those funds as indicated below: $BITO, ProShares Bitcoin ETF Bought 150 shares @ $19.95 54.64% yield, pays monthly $SGOV, iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF Added 342.644 shares @ $100.67 4.43% yield, pays monthly
Today’s Income Investments: $QQQI, $BITO, $YBTC, $SGOV
Sold some cash-secured put options today: $QQQI Sold 1 Sept $53 @ $.50 ($50) 10.76% annualized yield $BITO Sold 2 Sept $19 @ $.45 ($90) 13.51% annualized yield $YBTC Sold 1 Sept $45 @ $1.00 ($100) 25.35% annualized yield $SGOV Bought 150 shares @ $100.56 ($15,084.53) Parking some cash here for 4.44% monthly dividend
Today’s Trades: $TFLO, $SGOV, $SPYT, $BTC
$SGOV iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF: Sold $TFLO iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF: Sold Sold all my holdings in $SGOV and $TFLO. Buying 3 month T-Bills myself will save on fees and the 7-day yield is actually a bit higher. Bought a 3 Month T-Bill ($50,000) for a 4.289035% yield. $SPYT Defiance S&P […]
Today’s Trades: $THQ, $LDP, $MSD, $BME, $DFP, $UTG, $ASGI
Added small amounts to several of my closed-end funds today. $THQ: healthcare, pays 11.24% monthly, selling at a 5.6% discount, holdings include Eli Lilly, United Health Care, Abbvie, Johnson and Johnson, Merck $LDP: limited duration bonds and preferred stocks, pays 7.50% monthly, selling at a 4.94% discount, holdings include Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Charles Schwab, NextEra […]
Latest Trades: KMI, PAGP, EMD, NEEPR
Kinder Morgan (KMI) Bought 190 shares @ $26.3599 Yield 4.35% Energy infrastructure Plains GP Holdings (PAGP) Bought 273 shares @ $18.28 Yield 6.75% Energy infrastructure NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE-PR) Added 220 shares @ $43.0193 Yield 8.04% Electric utility, clean energy, preferred shares Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD) Bought 525 shares @ […]
Today’s Trades: NBB, ERC, GBAB, SGOV, MSD
Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund ($NBB) Buy 315 Shares of NBB at Market (Day), Filled at $15.86, $4,995.90 Municipal bonds (taxable) closed-end fund Pays 7.24% monthly Allspring Multi-Sector Income Fund ($ERC) Buy 550 Shares of ERC at Market (Day), Filled at $9.15, $5,032.50 Limited duration bonds closed-end fund Pays 8.62% monthly Guggenheim Taxable Municipal Bond […]
Today’s Trades: OZK, GAP, SGOV
My buy-to-close orders were filled on two of my short put option positions. OZK Nov $37.50 put closed for 55% profit. GAP Oct $19 put closed for 87% profit. I used the freed up cash to buy: SGOV iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF 5.25% monthly dividend I want to have some cash or cash-equivalents […]
Today’s Trades: OCSL, ICSH, TRMD
Closed my position in Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (OCSL) for a small loss. This business development company, BDC, has underperformed others in my portfolio: Ares Capital (ARCC), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Gladstone Investment (GAIN) and Hercules Capital (HTGC). I used the proceeds to purchase a new holding: TORM (TRMD) UK-based shipping company that owns a […]